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A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H.M. discovery-ships Erebus and Terror

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Image ID

58546410


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Title

A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H.M. discovery-ships Erebus and Terror

Names

May, Walter W. (Walter William), 1830-1896 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1855
Place: London
Publisher: Day & Son

Library Location

Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: Stuart 1175

Subjects

Arctic regions
Wellington Channel (Views)

Genres

Prints
Pamphlets
Illustrations

Notes

Content: NYPL exhibition IDs TL 24.03.022a-c apply to image IDs Sledges in Fresh Fair Wind (58546430), Franklin Relics (58546436), and H.M.S. Assistance and Pioneer Breaking out of Winter Quarters 1854 respectively (58546424).

Physical Description

Extent: 2 p. l., 3-6 pp., 13 pl. fol.
Chromolithographs

Languages

English

Identifiers

Library of Congress Control Number: 05039972
RLIN/OCLC: 16897974
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14438155
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.03.022a
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.03.022b
NYPL Exhibition ID: TL 24.03.022c
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ffba3600-771b-013a-ea00-0242ac110002

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1855

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MLA format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H.M. discovery-ships Erebus and Terror" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1855. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ffba3600-771b-013a-ea00-0242ac110002

APA format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. (1855). A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H.M. discovery-ships Erebus and Terror Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ffba3600-771b-013a-ea00-0242ac110002

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rare Book Division, The New York Public Library. "A series of fourteen sketches made during the voyage up Wellington channel in search of Sir John Franklin and the missing crews of H.M. discovery-ships Erebus and Terror" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ffba3600-771b-013a-ea00-0242ac110002

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